Call Me Ishmael: A Study Of Melville Contributor(s): Olson, Charles (Author) |
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ISBN: 1258429683 ISBN-13: 9781258429683 Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLC OUR PRICE: $24.65 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2012 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory - Literary Collections |
Dewey: 813.3 |
Physical Information: 0.27" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.39 lbs) 126 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: First published in 1947, this acknowledged classic of American literary criticism explores the influences--especially Shakespearean ones--on Melville's writing of "Moby-Dick." One of the first Melvilleans to advance what has since become known as the "theory of the two "Moby-Dicks,"" Olson argues that there were two versions of "Moby-Dick," and that Melville's reading "King Lear" for the first time in between the first and second versions of the book had a profound impact on his conception of the saga: "the first book did not contain Ahab," writes Olson, and "it may not, except incidentally, have contained Moby-Dick." If literary critics and reviewers at the time responded with varying degrees of skepticism to the "theory of the two "Moby-Dick"s," it was the experimental style and organization of the book that generated the most controversy. |